Item category 2: Information books for younger readers

Learn how to identify different shapes in the world around you. With bold bright designs and illustrations, this book helps young readers get to grips with circles.

First the Twirlywoos visit a hen yard where they see some children collecting eggs, and help thm finish the job rather overenthusiastically. Then they find lots of other examples of collecting in the outside world, before coming back to the Big Red Boat to discover a collection of brightly-colour...

This title provides a great introduction into the life of a penguin. By imagining animals in everyday scenarios, readers can learn about their size, diet and other features.

This title provides a great introduction into the life of a penguin. By imagining animals in everyday scenarios, readers can learn about their size, diet and other features.

Have you ever wondered what it would be like if a shark went to your school? This book provides a fun and engaging introduction into the life of a great white shark.

A fun and interactive counting book with peep-through pages, from the bestselling Julia Donaldson, author of The Gruffalo, and award-winning illustrator Sharon King-Chai. With bright and beautiful artwork and a fabulous array of animals and their babies to marvel over, this is a book to read over...

Learn all about cows - do you know what they eat? Do you know what they need to be happy on the farm? These simple, friendly books look at some of the most common farm animals, showing how they live, what they eat, how they are cared for, and why they are important to us. Each book takes one anim...

This title is part of a reader development programme which is banded at different levels and features fiction, non-fiction and plays.

In 'Dazzling Diggers', a wacky animal crew take charge, inviting children to join them on a building site. This text makes learning about machines fun for young children.

Learn about dinosaurs in a fun and accessible way. Join a Priddy Explorer, a child who guides the reader through a fantastic introduction to the world of dinosaurs. Full of exciting information, fascinating photographs and colourful illustrations, it covers everything from where they lived, to wh...